The Gee-Gees have returned from Pennsylvania this past weekend with a few injuries, but as the victors of the Keystone Classic. We were blessed to get to play without the rain this time, and the team was so excited that there was no hail that the wind didn't even get anyone down!
The Gee-Gees played 7 games this weekend. Games were pushed back to noon, which gave us a much-needed 1:45pm start time (thank goodness! after arriving at our hotel at 2:30am). Although it wasn't raining, it was still pretty cold and very windy. Our first game on Saturday was the toughest, being played against Cornell - a long time competitor in our conference and region who beat us at Sectionals last year. Key players that we made sure to match up on were Sterling Dumas and Jackie Booth, both of whom handled the disc well in the wind and had the offense running through them. The next two games, though less challenging, were a great experience and gave us a chance to work through some of our offenses in the wind.
Final scores on Saturday
9 - 7 (Ottawa - Cornell)
10 - 1 (Ottawa - Yale)
15 - 4 (Ottawa - Pittsburgh)
Sunday's games were played against RICE, Ohio State, Tufts (whom we had been watching the day before, as they were the first seeded team at the tournament), and Penn State. The wind started to die down by the afternoon on Sunday, which meant a change in strategy for most teams - Both Tufts and Penn State had a lot of athletes on their team, and after looked to huck it long to their taller players. This gave the Gee-Gees a chance to alter our defensive strategies throughout the day.
Final scores on Sunday
13 - 6 (Ottawa - Rice)
13 - 2 (Ottawa - Ohio State)
14 - 7 (Ottawa - Tufts)
11 - 6 (Ottawa - Penn State)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Pres Day Invite 2011
February 19-21, 2011
Ottawa goes to "sunny" California for the second time in two years, to be greeted by rain and hail...again.
Not to mention a missing coach, captain, and starting player for Day 1 of the tournament (darn those airline delays). 2 of 3 co-captains Sonia Komenda and Kaylee Sparks were given the joy of dealing with all the logistical issues while the other leadership members had all the administrative papers. All travel and weather quirks aside, congrats to Michelle Ng and Without Limits for running another great tournament!
Day 1 was played off-site at the back-up fields location due to weather conditions. After flights and driving, 17 of 19+coach Gee-Gees laced up for Day 1. The Gee-Gees met day 1 with round robin play against UCSB, UNC Colorado State, and California-Davis coming out of the cold and unpleasant playing conditions with a 2-2 record. The game against UNC, who played a zone defense we had not encountered yet this season, was by far the toughest game of the day and the biggest loss. Other games were tight (vs UCSB and Colorado) or won more handily, as lines were rolled and Ottawa got into gear for playing outside once again.
Day 2 of Pres Day welcomed Coach Ken and Kpoh and Gab who got in late the night before. Re-seed pool play games (not having made power pools) were played, where the Gee-Gee's were at the top of the pool. To have the chance to play into quarters, both pool play games were required to be won. The day started late because of the weather, which was lucky for the team who had to travel back from San Bernardino to La Jolla to finish the rest of the tournament back on UCSD campus. Game 1 was played against Southern California who, even though coming in at 17th seed, gave the Gee-Gees a wake up call that it was time to start playing our game if we wanted to have a shot at achieving our tournament goals, a challenge that got stepped up to. The Ladies squeezed out a win just before hard cap. The 2nd game, against host team California-San Diego was a much better game (a team that was more athletic and more talented than S. Cal, even though the game was won more handily). The Gee-Gees won with a score of 13-6, which brought them to the quarters-play in game.
Still Sunday, the Gee-Gee's moved fields to warm up for the play-in game to quarter finals, against Florida. Arriving at the field, Florida's team was tall and athletic. The wind was different at this field, and luckily we had some time to practice throwing with the new wind before starting the game. The game was a great one for our team, and players really stepped up making big plays on defense, and working hard on offense. Final score, 9-6 Ottawa. We're in quarters baby!
Quarters on Monday was a re-match from Saturday's pool play game against UNC. While the weather conditions were far better, the game result was much the same with a final score of 13-4. The score however, does not fully reflect the play on the field: after picking up the style of zone defense, the Gee-Gee's worked out a strategy to capitalize on the UNC zone and broke through the cup easily afterwards. Too many long looks, and not enough patience in the red-zone led to the UNC offense capitalizing on our mistakes. This game was a learning lesson for our team.
Next we played UCSB, also a rematch from Saturday's pool play. This time the result was not so close: a complete drop in intensity left our team without the required focus, and the Gee-Gees lost 6-13 to a, not untalented but, much more determined UCSB team.
Unfortunately, Sonoma State chose not to play the 7/8 game due to lack of healthy bodies. Completely understandable, but we would have loved to have another game. A first tournament of the season finish of 7th place, with a long way to go still and a lot of excitement to get there! Especially great job to all the first-year players who traveled to San Diego and got their first taste of USA College Ultimate - a completely different game than the 2 month university ultimate season played in Canada.
Stay tuned to hear about results from our next tournament, Philly Classic (April 2/3)
Ottawa goes to "sunny" California for the second time in two years, to be greeted by rain and hail...again.
Not to mention a missing coach, captain, and starting player for Day 1 of the tournament (darn those airline delays). 2 of 3 co-captains Sonia Komenda and Kaylee Sparks were given the joy of dealing with all the logistical issues while the other leadership members had all the administrative papers. All travel and weather quirks aside, congrats to Michelle Ng and Without Limits for running another great tournament!
Day 1 was played off-site at the back-up fields location due to weather conditions. After flights and driving, 17 of 19+coach Gee-Gees laced up for Day 1. The Gee-Gees met day 1 with round robin play against UCSB, UNC Colorado State, and California-Davis coming out of the cold and unpleasant playing conditions with a 2-2 record. The game against UNC, who played a zone defense we had not encountered yet this season, was by far the toughest game of the day and the biggest loss. Other games were tight (vs UCSB and Colorado) or won more handily, as lines were rolled and Ottawa got into gear for playing outside once again.
Day 2 of Pres Day welcomed Coach Ken and Kpoh and Gab who got in late the night before. Re-seed pool play games (not having made power pools) were played, where the Gee-Gee's were at the top of the pool. To have the chance to play into quarters, both pool play games were required to be won. The day started late because of the weather, which was lucky for the team who had to travel back from San Bernardino to La Jolla to finish the rest of the tournament back on UCSD campus. Game 1 was played against Southern California who, even though coming in at 17th seed, gave the Gee-Gees a wake up call that it was time to start playing our game if we wanted to have a shot at achieving our tournament goals, a challenge that got stepped up to. The Ladies squeezed out a win just before hard cap. The 2nd game, against host team California-San Diego was a much better game (a team that was more athletic and more talented than S. Cal, even though the game was won more handily). The Gee-Gees won with a score of 13-6, which brought them to the quarters-play in game.
Still Sunday, the Gee-Gee's moved fields to warm up for the play-in game to quarter finals, against Florida. Arriving at the field, Florida's team was tall and athletic. The wind was different at this field, and luckily we had some time to practice throwing with the new wind before starting the game. The game was a great one for our team, and players really stepped up making big plays on defense, and working hard on offense. Final score, 9-6 Ottawa. We're in quarters baby!
Quarters on Monday was a re-match from Saturday's pool play game against UNC. While the weather conditions were far better, the game result was much the same with a final score of 13-4. The score however, does not fully reflect the play on the field: after picking up the style of zone defense, the Gee-Gee's worked out a strategy to capitalize on the UNC zone and broke through the cup easily afterwards. Too many long looks, and not enough patience in the red-zone led to the UNC offense capitalizing on our mistakes. This game was a learning lesson for our team.
Next we played UCSB, also a rematch from Saturday's pool play. This time the result was not so close: a complete drop in intensity left our team without the required focus, and the Gee-Gees lost 6-13 to a, not untalented but, much more determined UCSB team.
Unfortunately, Sonoma State chose not to play the 7/8 game due to lack of healthy bodies. Completely understandable, but we would have loved to have another game. A first tournament of the season finish of 7th place, with a long way to go still and a lot of excitement to get there! Especially great job to all the first-year players who traveled to San Diego and got their first taste of USA College Ultimate - a completely different game than the 2 month university ultimate season played in Canada.
Stay tuned to hear about results from our next tournament, Philly Classic (April 2/3)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Lady Gee Gees hold title as defending champions
The Lady Gee Gees win the CUUC 2010 gold, defending their title as Canadian University Champions in the womens division. Throughout the whole weekend the entire roster rolled through the lines, playing both O and D and gaining valuable on-field experiences. With maybe a little more experience than other teams on our side, the Gee Gees handily broke through other teams zone defenses each game, with newer players on the team bringing a new-found intensity to their game and being standout assets both on offense and defense.
Friday pool play games were played against Sherbrooke, ConUQAM, Western, and Guelph. It was rainy and cold throughout the day, but the Gee Gees played through all conditions and came out on top with a day 1 record of 4-0.
Saturday had 3 games: one pool play against McGill (10-3), a cross-over game against Queens (13-7), and quarter finals against Sherbrooke (15-5). Bring on the semi's on Sunday morning.
Semi's against Western on Sunday morning were played in sunshine (thank goodness), and a strong wind. A final score of 14-6 meant that finals against Guelph were next. Finals against Guelph saw a lot of the same things on their part from Friday's pool play game against them - a lot of athleticism and skill. However, the Gee Gees came out strong once again, gaining several breaks from the beginning, and then rolling lines throughout the rest of the game to finish off with a final score of 14-8.
Defending champions once again, but still with lots of work before we hit the USA circuit in a few months! Yeeeeeehaw, giddy up gee's!
** view results and photos here:
https://sites.google.com/site/cuuc2010/results
https://sites.google.com/site/cuuc2010/media
Friday pool play games were played against Sherbrooke, ConUQAM, Western, and Guelph. It was rainy and cold throughout the day, but the Gee Gees played through all conditions and came out on top with a day 1 record of 4-0.
Saturday had 3 games: one pool play against McGill (10-3), a cross-over game against Queens (13-7), and quarter finals against Sherbrooke (15-5). Bring on the semi's on Sunday morning.
Semi's against Western on Sunday morning were played in sunshine (thank goodness), and a strong wind. A final score of 14-6 meant that finals against Guelph were next. Finals against Guelph saw a lot of the same things on their part from Friday's pool play game against them - a lot of athleticism and skill. However, the Gee Gees came out strong once again, gaining several breaks from the beginning, and then rolling lines throughout the rest of the game to finish off with a final score of 14-8.
Defending champions once again, but still with lots of work before we hit the USA circuit in a few months! Yeeeeeehaw, giddy up gee's!
** view results and photos here:
https://sites.google.com/site/cuuc2010/results
https://sites.google.com/site/cuuc2010/media
Monday, September 20, 2010
Lady Gee Gees win CEUUC 2010!
With the team just selected, the Lady Gee Gees head to Kingston Ontario for the 2010 CEUUC's.
The team went undefeated playing against Toronto B (13-1), Queens (13-7), MacMaster (13-3) and Carleton (13-4) on Saturday. Sunday saw semi's against Guelph (15-9) and finals against Toronto A (15-10).
Our first win this season, we're off to a great start! Congratulations ladies!
The team went undefeated playing against Toronto B (13-1), Queens (13-7), MacMaster (13-3) and Carleton (13-4) on Saturday. Sunday saw semi's against Guelph (15-9) and finals against Toronto A (15-10).
Our first win this season, we're off to a great start! Congratulations ladies!
Monday, August 23, 2010
2009-2010 Results
The 2009-2010 season brought some disappointments in losing key handlers Alex Benedict and Danielle Fortin (both captains from the previous year), but brought forth some new emerging talent. We started the season with more than half a team of rookie players, who were determined to learn the ropes quickly.
The Lady Gee Gees started off the fall winning for Canadian Easterns, as well as working as a team to beat McGill in the finals at the Canadian University Ultimate Championships in Montreal.
However, the 2010 winter/spring season brought some struggles - we battled hard in the cold and rain at Philly Classic in Manheim PA in March, with players finally getting to experience throwing against some tough winds (after our indoor practices through the winter months). Centex was a great experience for our newbie players (everyone got a whoooole lot of playing time with only 12 players attending). While the result wasn't our season highlight, we always love having the opportunity to play against strong teams.
Our spring season finished with 3rd place in the Metro-East Region, leaving us out of the running for College UPA's. We had hard fought battles against UPenn, beating them to get to the "game-to-go", and a tough loss to Maryland in the war to be #2.
Needless to say, the Lady Gee Gees are taking their losses in stride, and are more determined than ever to have a fantastic year-round showing.
Yeehaw, giddy up!
The Lady Gee Gees started off the fall winning for Canadian Easterns, as well as working as a team to beat McGill in the finals at the Canadian University Ultimate Championships in Montreal.
However, the 2010 winter/spring season brought some struggles - we battled hard in the cold and rain at Philly Classic in Manheim PA in March, with players finally getting to experience throwing against some tough winds (after our indoor practices through the winter months). Centex was a great experience for our newbie players (everyone got a whoooole lot of playing time with only 12 players attending). While the result wasn't our season highlight, we always love having the opportunity to play against strong teams.
Our spring season finished with 3rd place in the Metro-East Region, leaving us out of the running for College UPA's. We had hard fought battles against UPenn, beating them to get to the "game-to-go", and a tough loss to Maryland in the war to be #2.
Needless to say, the Lady Gee Gees are taking their losses in stride, and are more determined than ever to have a fantastic year-round showing.
Yeehaw, giddy up!
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